Gender-Neutral Restrooms

In 2011 the Department of Residence Life implemented a Diversity Committee initiative to transition bathrooms across multiple residence halls to become Gender Neutral Bathrooms. Marked with the sign you see below, these bathrooms provide a safe place for individuals of all genders to utilize. Instead of a “Unisex” sign, the language “Gender Neutral” was specifically chosen to welcome all genders and spark educational conversations. In doing so, we hope to accommodate our valued minority population while additionally educating our majority. All bathrooms have lockable doors for privacy. As renovations occur, additional gender neutral bathrooms will be added.

Gender Neutral Restrooms

Hall

Location

Burgum

Lobby, near main desk

Churchill

Two on each floor and basement

Dinan

Lobby, near main desk & one on each floor

Johnson

East stack floors 1, 2, 3 and basement

N Weible

Basement & next to main office

Niskanen Hall

Community Center (2)

Niskanen Hall

Main building, hall office

Pavek

Lobby (2)

Reed

Two on each floor, and one in basement

Reed/Johnson

Lobby

S Weible

Basement

Seim

Lobby (2)

Stockbridge

Two per floor & next to main office

“Because gender-diverse students are often subject to harassment and violence when using male or female-specific campus restrooms, a rapidly growing number of colleges and universities are creating gender-neutral bathrooms, either through renovations or by simply changing the signs on single-stall male/female restrooms." Transgendered Law and Policy Institute (transgenderlaw.org)